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"Boy, stop pretending to be calm!

Among all my senior brothers, I am the second one to have cultivated to the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining, and my strength is no worse than any of them."

Zhou Shu sneered and said:

And you have only been under the master's tutelage for less than half a year. How high can your cultivation level be?

Do you dare to say that you are not afraid when facing someone who is stronger than you?

Well, today I will teach you a lesson and let you know what fear is! "

Zhang Xiaoshan still had a smile on his face and said in a bitter voice:

Senior Brother Zhou, I don't like to compete with others, so before I get angry, I advise you to get out of the way immediately."

Zhang Xiaoshan paused for a moment and then continued:

You intercepted me near the gate of the palace and tried to attack me. If Master knew about this, he would think you were bullying your fellow disciples. Do you think he would punish you again?"

"Don't use the master to pressure me!

Besides, even if the master knew about this, I believe he wouldn’t say anything.”

Zhou Shu sneered again and said, "You know, this is a matter between us. Even if I beat you up here, what does it matter?"

"If the other brothers knew that you wanted to beat me up like this, they would think you were bullying the weak. How could you stay in the palace in the future? Would you be able to hold your head up high?"

Zhang Xiaoshan said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I'm going to beat you up right here. I can tell everyone that we had a duel and you lost to me."

Zhou Shu said again.

"Fighting?"

Zhang Xiaoshan smiled and said, "I didn't even make a move, how can this be considered a fight?"

"Okay, let's have a fight and see how I beat the shit out of you."

Zhou Shu hesitated for a moment and said:

"As long as you and I fight openly here, and if you lose, you must tell the other brothers in the palace that you were chosen by the master only because of your little talent, and you are actually a coward!"

"Fighting with you will consume some energy, and I can't waste my energy on you in vain."

Zhang Xiaoshan said, "It just so happens that I'm short of silver recently. If you lose the fight, give me five thousand taels of silver."

Zhou Shu sneered arrogantly and shouted: "Boy, are you crazy because of poverty?"

After that, his eyes turned cunningly, and he reacted instantly, and said arrogantly: "

Boy, do you mean that as long as I am willing to pay you, you will be willing to compete with me?"

"It seems that you are not so stupid. Yes, that's what I mean."

Zhang Xiaoshan shrugged calmly and said calmly.

"As long as you dare to agree to fight me, I will give you one thousand taels of silver if you lose!"

The corner of Zhou Shu's mouth twitched fiercely, and he said angrily.

"One thousand taels of silver is indeed a little too little."

Zhang Xiaoshan raised his lively eyes slightly and spoke calmly.

"Boy, you have always been poor, yet you dare to complain about it being too little? Are you really crazy because of poverty?"

Zhou Shu was immediately furious and shouted angrily: "You are just a poor boy from Hongye Village. One thousand taels of silver is enough for you to eat and drink for more than ten lifetimes!"

"One thousand taels of silver is indeed a little short." Zhang Xiaoshan muttered to himself:

I can earn nine hundred taels of silver in just one and a half hours at Taiji Pharmacy, so I really don’t care about this one thousand taels of silver.”

Thinking in his heart, Zhang Xiaoshan calmly put away his smile and said calmly: "

No matter how small a fly is, it’s still meat!

Well, since you are willing to pay one thousand taels of silver, I will fight you."

"Very good, since you have agreed to fight me, I will let you learn today how weak you are in front of me, your senior brother!"

Zhou Shu couldn't help showing a smug look on his face, and said with a beaming smile: "

However, my money is not so easy to take!

If you lose, you must admit in front of all the fellow apprentices in the palace that you have talent but are actually a complete coward!"

Zhang Xiaoshan smiled calmly when he heard this, but he thought to himself:

Senior Brother Zhou, you are really overconfident. "

As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan stepped back slightly, putting some distance between himself and Zhou Shu, and the two prepared for a fight.

However, before that, when Zhang Xiaoshan and Zhou Shu were talking loudly in the alley near the palace, two people from the palace happened to pass by. After hearing that they seemed to have an argument, they quickly passed the news to some people in the palace.

At this moment, Zhu Wuhong had just finished refining pills in the hall of the Alchemy Pavilion and was about to take a rest.

Suddenly, I heard the firewood burning boys beside me lower their voices and talk among themselves:

Have you heard?

Senior Brother Zhou and Senior Brother Zhang are arguing in the alley near the palace gate, and it looks like they are about to fight.

"What were you talking about just now?"

Zhu Wuhong was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly walked forward to the boy who was burning firewood and asked.

The boy burning wood saw this and quickly replied respectfully:

Senior Brother Zhu, it was like this. I happened to pass by the alley near the palace gate and heard Senior Brother Zhou Shu and Senior Brother Zhang Xiaoshan arguing fiercely. It seemed that Zhou Shu wanted to be rude to Senior Brother Zhang Xiaoshan. "

"This Zhou guy deserves to die. He actually dared to cause trouble for Junior Brother Zhang. How despicable."

Zhu Wuhong frowned slightly when he heard this, and cursed in a low voice. After a pause, he continued to ask:

When you passed by the alley, did you hear what Zhou Shu said? "

"Brother Zhu, I was just passing by there at the time and only heard a few words. It seemed that Brother Zhou Shu said that he had cultivated to the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining and wanted to scare Brother Zhang Xiaoshan."

The boy who was burning wood hesitated for a moment and replied, "I didn't dare to get too close. I listened to a few words and then walked away."

"what?"

Zhu Wuhong's face changed slightly, and he was a little surprised. He said, "That guy named Zhou actually cultivated to the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining without realizing it?"

After saying that, Zhu Wuhong turned and walked out of the Alchemy Pavilion, hurriedly heading towards the alley near the palace gate.

"When did Zhou Shu reach the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining?"

Zhu Wuhong was walking on the road, muttering to himself in a low voice. His mind was constantly thinking, and his thoughts were surging like the tide.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and his eyes lit up.

"I remember that some time ago, Zhou Shu often went outside the palace. I heard that he seemed to be asking about Qi Accumulation Pills, a medicine specially taken by cultivators above the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Could it be that his realm was improved so quickly because he got a Qi Accumulation Pill?"

Thinking about it, Zhu Wuhong felt that his guess was very likely to be true.

The Qi Accumulating Pill is a more powerful pill than the Qi Attracting Pill. It can quickly increase the spiritual energy in the Dantian.

However, this kind of elixir is usually only suitable for cultivators above the sixth level of Qi Refining.

For cultivators below the sixth level of Qi Refining, taking this elixir is too luxurious.

Once this pill is taken, it can quickly increase the spiritual energy in the Dantian in a short period of time, thereby improving the realm.

This kind of medicine is very expensive and rarely available.

Zhu Wuhong secretly guessed in his heart that Zhou Shu's improvement in realm was most likely related to the Qi Accumulation Pill.